Woman Dies Following Injection for Stomach Ache.

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Woman Dies Following Injection for Stomach Ache.

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Another probably unnecessary death due to the lack of trained healthcare. RIP.

Woman Dies Following Injection for Stomach Ache
by Phan Soumy | December 19, 2016

A 32-year-old woman died in Pursat province on Saturday hours after receiving an injection for a stomach ache administered by an untrained and unlicensed local medic, police said on Sunday.

Kan Kimpheav, 63, was called by the family of Lai Puthy at about 9 a.m. to treat her stomach pain, said deputy provincial police chief Keo Sokunthea.

Arriving at the family’s house in Kandieng district, Mr. Kimpheav gave the woman an injection and an intravenous drip, but her condition quickly worsened, Mr. Sokunthea said, adding that Lai Puthy died while on the way to the provincial referral hospital at about 3 p.m...
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/brief/wom ... he-122177/
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Re: Woman Dies Following Injection for Stomach Ache.

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I wonder if the government has some sort of plan to improve the livelihoods of the rural folk.

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